Binder for brooms, whisks, &amp;c.



No. 806,655. PATENTBD DERG. 5,.190'5. R. 1). GALLAGHER, s3.

BINDER FOR BROOMS; WHISKS, 8m APPLICATION FILED MAR.4 1903.

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RICHARD D. GALLAGHER, SR., OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO W. H. HARRISON, H. N. JEWETT, AND ELLA T.

SHAW, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

BINDER FOR BROOIVIS, WHISKS, 81.0.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed March 4, 1903. Serial No. 146,225.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD D. GALLAGHER, Sr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders for Brooms, WVhisks, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved form of metallic binder for brooms and analogous articles constructed of broom-corn or similar materials.

My invention further relates to a binder formed in two similar portions which may be readily assembled. I

My invention consists in the constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts herein described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference-symbols indicate corresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an end view thereof. Fig. 4 shows a modified construction, and Fig. 5 is a detail bottom plan of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the binder is shown consisting of two substantially similar portions A, constructed to cover the head of a broom and forming a covered-top open-bottom casing of elongated horizontal section and having substantially parallel side walls 1) continuous with the casing-top c and short end flaps a secured to the long side walls. In Fig.

1 these flaps are shown secured together by a nail driven therethrough and extending. into the fiber of the broom, while in Fig. 4 the flaps are secured together by an interlocking strap a and slot (0 carried by the respective flaps. The flaps a, forming the end walls of the casing, are not so deep as the side walls, and they terminate at their upper ends some distance below the casing-top, leaving opposed openings G adjacent top 0 and extending the full width of the end walls. An inwardly-extending ridge or corrugation B is provided near the lower end of each member A and is preferably formed of V-shaped crosssection to furnish a sharp edge for clamping the broom-corn fiber. The portions A are further shown provided with upright corrugations O above ridges B for stiffening the cap and also for securely retaining the usual ce-- ment binder employed at the butt-ends of the fibers. The cap is provided with suitable means, as a socket D, for attaching it to a handle' A plurality of independent fasteners E are employed for closely clamping the fiber between the sharp inner edges of the corrugations B, and thus give the proper divergence to the broom fibers. The fasteners E, which preferably consist of short lengths of wire provided with hook-shaped ends, are passed through the members A and the inclosed broom fiber and their hook ends arranged in locking engagement with the recesses in the outer sides of corrugations B. By this construction said hook-ends act to clamp said sharp inner edges of the corrugations B against the broom fiber, and, further, since the hook ends are bent down outside the casing and the free ends housed in recesses Within the plane of the outer faces of side walls 6 there is no danger of the fasteners catching in clothing or scarring furniture.

The end flaps a may be secured together before 01' after the fibers are inserted in the casing, preferably afterward. When the fibers have been put in the casing and the fasteners secured in place, the ridges B will bind the fibers very closely together, giving the desired divergence to the broom. The binder is especially adapted to contain fibers straight throughout their length, and when this kind of fiber is employed acement will be required to keep the central fibers from becoming loosened. Such cement may be applied before or after the placing of the fibers in the If the fibers are inserted loose in the.

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until it is arrested by ridges B and prevented from passing below the lower edges of the casing.

It will thus be seen that my invention provides a strong durable compact binder for brooms.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a binder for the fibers of brooms, a fiber-container adapted to receive the head of a broom, comprising a covered top, open-bottom casing of elongated horizontal section having substantially parallel long side walls and short end walls, each side wall being provided with a plurality of upright corrugations and a horizontal inwardly-projecting ridge below the corrugations and extending for substantially the length of said wall, and

an end Wall having an opening above said ridges.

2. In a binder for the fibers of brooms, the combination with an open-bottom fiber-container of elongated horizontal section having 

